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WABA Mar 7, 2025

JOB: Part time mechanic at Gearin' Up Bicycles

Salary Range: $23-25/hr

Do you enjoy working on bikes? Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge and working with the next generation of cyclists? Gearin’ Up Bicycles is back and looking for part time mechanics!

https://waba.org/2025/03/07/job-gearin-up-mechanic-part-time/

Job: Gearin’ Up Mechanic (Part-time) « Washington Area Bicyclist Association

WABA Mar 6, 2025

It's budget season in MoCo! Let's meet up on Sunday to talk about how to win safer streets:

https://waba.org/event/montgomery-county-active-transportation-advocacy-training/

Montgomery County Active Transportation Advocacy Training « Washington Area Bicyclist Association

WABA Feb 25, 2025

🚨🚨 Gearin' Up is Open! 🚨🚨

After a little more than an year searching for a new home, the community bike shop and hub for bike maintenance education re-opens in Eckington today.

Hours, donation information, other programming details: waba.org/gearinup/

WABA Jan 30, 2025

Heads up, due to last night's plane crash, the Frederick Douglass Bridge, Hains Point, parts of the Mount Vernon Trail are closed to bike and pedestrian traffic. We haven't confirmed that the 14th Street Bridge is closed but we would not recommend relying on it.

WABA Dec 17, 2024

ICYMI: Two donors are matching your gifts today!

In their own words:

“My mom used to take us out on night rides for ice cream—summer nights, lightning bugs flashing, and my two little legs taking me further on a bike then they ever had before It occurred to me recently that we rode at night because the sidewalks were empty, and it felt safer than riding in the streets.

Today, thanks to WABA, my children can ride in protected bike lanes on the same streets I avoided as a child."

waba.org/give

WABA Oct 29, 2024

Join us, and so many others, in urging Mayor Bowser to move forward with the Connecticut Ave. NW protected bike lanes!

https://waba.org/blog/2024/10/improvements-on-conn-ave-must-improve-safety-for-all-users/

Improvements on Conn. Ave must improve safety for all users!

We urge the Mayor Bowser and the Council to move forward with plans to install protected bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue. Any safety improvements on Connecticut Avenue must improve the safety for …

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WABA May 30, 2024

We've opened up a few more spots for the Bike Love movie night with our friends from Signal Financial.

Grab one quick before they're gone!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/filmed-by-bike-bike-love-tickets-899311854967?aff=oddtdtcreator

Filmed by Bike: Bike Love

9 short films about how bicycling changes lives!

Eventbrite

WABA May 15, 2024

Greater Greater Washington May 15, 2024

How to use WABA’s reporting tool to log crashes and other issues.: https://ggwash.org/view/93661/waba-new-traffic-safety-reporting-tool

Car parked in the bike lane? Near-miss? WABA has a regional reporting tool for that

WABA, Howard University, and the Safe Routes Partnership collaborated to create a reporting and tracking tool for people in the Washington region to report near-misses, crashes, and road use violations. The goal is to make our roads safer.

WABA May 14, 2024

Are you (or do you know someone who is) between the ages of 12-18, and like biking in Washington, DC? Want to learn more about group biking (a “bike bus”) on DC’s street and trails? This Saturday 5/18, join WABA for a PAID(!!!) 7.5 mile group ride. You do not need to consider yourself a “cyclist” to participate, but participants should be able to ride a bike for 30 minutes at a time. Details: https://waba.org/blog/2024/05/dc-youth-bike-bus-ride/

DC Youth Bike Bus Ride ($50 Stipend for Youth Participants!)

Join WABA for an exciting, PAID 7.5-mile group bike (“bike bus”) ride along the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail and protected bike lanes nearby!

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WABA May 13, 2024

It’s budget season for our local jurisdictions… if you’re a Prince George’s County resident, please take a moment to speak up for spending on safe streets and boosting bicycling. Read WABA’s budget advocacy letter—and add your name—here: https://waba.org/blog/2024/05/ask-prince-georges-to-fund-safe-streets-and-bike-programs/

Ask Prince George’s to Fund Safe Streets and Bike Programs

Will you join us in signing on to ask the County Council and County Executive Angela Alsobrooks’ Administration to make our streets safer and improve biking?

Washington Area Bicyclist Association